Well, it's official. I can hurt myself with any craft I do. Though, oddly enough, I quilted for 7 years without any problems. I guess that one is varied enough that it's harder to give oneself a repetitive motion injury. Too bad knitting isn't the same way. It's also too bad I wasn't smart enough to take more breaks while I was knitting.
I'm now "on profile" as they say in the military. That just means I'm injured and I've been limited on what I'm allowed to do until I'm better. In this case, I inflamed the tendons in my right thumb. Isn't that stupid? However, if anyone could do it, it would be me. I'm now wearing this snazzy brace that's keeping my right thumb and wrist stationary. Whee haw... I think it's going to drive me nuts. I'm supposed to keep it on for about a week in the hopes it will allow those tendons to return to normal.
I'll admit I'm not in the best of moods right now. I'm fluctuating between depressed, bored, and plain flat irritated. Mind you, I knew I'd end up in this brace. I went to the doctor after the pain in my thumb refused to subside after 3 days even though I stopped knitting. At that point, I knew it was serious and I needed help or I'd cause myself permanent injury. At least I'm not completely stupid there.
Ugh. I knew I shouldn't knit with a heavier weight yarn. My hands have been telling me off and on for the past 2 months to not knit with anything heavier than fingering weight. Though I WILL continue working on my cardigan. I'll just be more careful and take frequent breaks until it's finished. I have too much invested in it already to let it fall by the way side. However, the hats I was planning on knitting might never see the light of day. And I can sell the yarn that was to go into them. I'll wait and see after the brace comes off what's going to happen, but I'm thinking that might be for the best.
*big sigh* Oh, well. Once this is healed, at least I can continue knitting my favorite things, which are lace shawls. ;-) I'll get there eventually. I just need to relax, read a book, watch TV, and time will pass.
I wonder if I could use a Knifty Loom with one hand.....
